Villegas

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English

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Etymology

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From Spanish.

Proper noun

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Villegas

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From Spanish.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Vi‧lle‧gas

Proper noun

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Villegas

  1. a surname from Spanish

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /biˈʝeɡas/ [biˈʝe.ɣ̞as]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /biˈʎeɡas/ [biˈʎe.ɣ̞as]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /biˈʃeɡas/ [biˈʃe.ɣ̞as]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /biˈʒeɡas/ [biˈʒe.ɣ̞as]

  • Rhymes: -eɡas
  • Syllabification: Vi‧lle‧gas

Proper noun

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Villegas m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Statistics

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  • According to official data by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística in 2016, Villegas occurs in Spain as a first surname by 16,504 individuals, and as a second surname by 16,367 individuals. It is prevalent in Madrid, Barcelona, Almería, Seville, Huelva, and Cádiz.

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /vilˈjeɡas/ [vɪlˈjɛː.ɣɐs]
    • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /bilˈjeɡas/ [bɪlˈjɛː.ɣɐs]
  • Rhymes: -eɡas
  • Syllabification: Vil‧le‧gas

Proper noun

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Villegas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜒᜄᜐ᜔)

  1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

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According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Villegas is the 78th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 73,081 individuals.